Tersa Sphinx Moth in on e of several stages, munching happily on my Pentas |
And a cute little pointy tail! |
Note the "eyes" to scare off predators ...and the little pointy tail! |
When I grow up I wanna be.... |
What a cute face! It retracts the head when threatened to puff up and make the "eyes" more prominent. |
A diiferent (they are many) species of Hummingbird moths! Credit to Wikipedia for this one.
(All other photos by Debra O'Hearn) |
LIKE THIS! I will rest all day, and feed at dusk on flower nectar (thanks Wikipedia) |
I found this caterpillar in my garden. I had never seen one like this, so I looked it up in my butterfly book. It is a Tersa Sphinx moth in pupal stage... It will change color several times as it grows. This was about the size of my 5th finger. It is in the hummingbird moth family, as people often mistake them for hummingbirds as they feed. They are the size of a young hummingbird. |
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day.
~F. Frankfort Moore, A Garden of Peace |
It's larval food source is my Pentas plants...oh well! |